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(220402) -- ROME, April 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A grocer is seen at a market in Rome, Italy, April 2, 2022. Italy is among the countries hardest hit by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with rising energy prices weighing heavily on the country's post-pandemic economic recovery. This week, the ratings company Standard & Poor's revised the annual growth rate for the Italian economy down from 4.7 percent to 3.1 percent, in the light of the conflict and "the resulting surge in commodity prices." (Xinhua/Jin Mamengni)

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