Greece's dramatic
bailout negotiations will soon be coming to a head one way or the other.
Although the Greek government has been painstakingly throwing a veil of
uncertainty and misinformation over its real financial and fiscal position,
most pundits would agree that state coffers are running bare and that, absent
an interim, piece-meal, or final bailout agreement, Greece will not be able to
pay off the consolidated IMF loan tranches coming up at the end of June. The
government's finances have been stretched to their limit by dint of an internal
payment moratorium and a raid on the cash reserves of local governments and
pension funds.