FEDWATCH Stocks have been hammered in the past few days after the collapse of SVB Financial Group SIVB.O and peer Signature Bank SBNY.O sent shockwaves through the banking sector. By Shubham Batra and Amruta Khandekar March 14 (Reuters) - Battered U.S. bank shares rebounded on Tuesday, driving Wall Street's main indexes higher, while a slight slowdown in consumer price growthprompted investors to price in a smaller rate hike by the Federal Reserve in March. Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in February from 0.5% in January as Americans faced persistently higher costs for rents and food.