Australian shares edge up on Fed rate signal; NZ hits new peak <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares climbed on Thursday buoyed by broad-based gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cemented the chance of an ease in U.S. monetary policy later this month.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oxXgA3rsBXw:JVyPjiy0KXo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oxXgA3rsBXw:JVyPjiy0KXo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=oxXgA3rsBXw:JVyPjiy0KXo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oxXgA3rsBXw:JVyPjiy0KXo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=oxXgA3rsBXw:JVyPjiy0KXo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/oxXgA3rsBXw" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters