If the scheme is still in effect when the next recession begins, perhaps it will make the situation less severe.

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The ECB's auction may make a credit crunch less severe, but it is not enough to avoid one.

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Safety campaigners have suggested lower speed limits make crashes less likely and less severe when they do happen but the figures have triggered a debate on how useful the restrictions are.

BBC: Car and van crash