By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are stampeding away from the dollar, as softer-than-expected U.S. consumer price data raises hopes that the Federal Reserve may need to tighten monetary policy less than expected in its fight against inflation. The scope of the dollar’s moves against many currencies on Thursday has been breathtaking, as investors pull back from what has been seen as an extremely crowded trade in foreign exchange markets. At 12:30 p.m. (1730 GMT), the U.S. currency was down as much as 2.9% against Japanese yen, its sharpest one-day slide since July 2016. Again…