Dow Jones Newswires: German consumer sentiment set to improve in May on better income expectations

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By Ed Frankl

Consumer confidence in Germany is expected to improve for the seventh consecutive month in May, as income expectations brightened on easing energy bills, despite a continued squeeze on spending.

Germany’s forward-looking consumer-sentiment index forecasts confidence to tick up to minus 25.7 in May from a revised minus 29.3 in…