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Tue 07 Jul 2006Delegates at FF conference concerned over inflation and state of infrastructure Ministers defend Coalition's economic policiesGovernment should try to avoid controlling the economy and concentrate on promoting small business, a Fianna Fáil economic conference was told yesterday.The Government's record on the economy was strongly defended at the Galway event, which follows rising concern in Fianna Fáil that the economy might negatively affect the Coalition's chances of re-election.