By Shristi Achar A and Amruta Khandekar Nov 30 (Reuters) - The Dow Jones industrials index hit its highest level in 2023 on Thursday, as Salesforce jumped on an upbeat profit forecast and a new report offered further evidence of easing inflation. SalesforceCRM.N jumped 6.7% as the cloud-based software firm raised its annual profit forecast and beat third-quarter estimates, benefiting from strong demand for its cloud and business products. This led traders to hold their bets the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady for three more meetings before starting to cut them in May.