Less than 48 hours after the official launch of the ECB’s celebrated PSPP Q€ initiative (or what we might call ‘Draghi’s descent into delirium’), we examined the program’s structure and noted that full implementation might prove challenging. Citi had already posited a scenario whereby the central bank may be forced to raise the issue cap on non-CAC bonds in the event sourcing enough purchasable assets in core countries proved difficult. Here’s what we said at the time: