CaterpillarCAT.N and McDonald'sMCD.N shares fell as the companies warned of inflation squeezing profit margins. By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Asia's stockmarkets steadied on Wednesday, with signs of a slowdown in U.S. wages bolstering hopes that the Federal Reserve could hint at an end to interest rate hikes at its meeting later in the day. But the U.S. wages data wiped out some small dollar gains made earlier this week amid some nerves that the Fed sticks to its hawkish stance.