Hong Kong widens lead over Singapore in free economy ranking
US slips to 17th spot with the worst American score ever recorded in the index
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HONG Kong has been ranked the world's freest economy for the 23rd straight year, climbing in overall points to widen the lead over second-placed Singapore, according to the 2017 Heritage Foundation index released on Thursday.
The US think tank's annual Index of Economic Freedom report, first published in 1995, grades 10 freedoms - from property rights to entrepreneurship - on a scale of zero to 100 in about 180 economies across four broad categories: rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency and open markets.
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