LONDON (Reuters) – Major central banks are racing to ditch post-pandemic stimulus and picking up the pace of interest rate hikes to get on top of surging inflation. The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday became the latest to deliver a hawkish surprise with a half-point rate hike, following in the footsteps of the United States, Canada and New Zealand. And the more cautious European Central Bank on Thursday ended a long-running stimulus scheme and signalled a series of rate hikes. Here’s where policymakers stand on the path out of the pandemic-era stimulus, ranked in terms of hawkishness. Gra…