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John Burn-Murdoch

Chief data reporter

John Burn-Murdoch is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. He writes the weekly Data Points column, where he uses statistics and graphics to dig into the most pressing issues of the day, covering everything from the economy to climate change, social issues and healthcare.

Email John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Data PointsUK general election 2024
    The seeds of the Tory collapse were sown in 2019

    Pandemic lockdowns, partygate and Liz Truss’s ‘mini’ Budget were all mere blips on a clear linear trend

    Montage image of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and a chart of political party polling
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Data PointsRenewable energy
    How red Texas became a model for green energy

    The state’s solar surge proves that the energy transition defies politics

    Montage image of a solar panel, Texan flag and chart lines
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    Why Britain is the world’s worst on homelessness

    Insufficient housing, an eroded social sector and diminished state support made tens of thousands destitute

    House keys with a mini-house on the keyring
  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Life & Arts
    How good were Klopp’s Liverpool?

    What the data tells us about the outgoing manager’s record

  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Data PointsMedia
    How our sense of economic reality is being distorted

    A new study adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world

    Montage image of chart lines and a TV with the Fox News logo on the screen
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
    The problem with polling America’s young voters

    Difficulty in reaching the under-30s for surveys means not all data points are created equal — and can mislead

    Montage image of a woman in a polling booth
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Data PointsGlobal migration
    The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration

    English-speaking countries generally do better at both attracting and integrating talent

    Montage image of three suitcases and a chart line
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Data PointsTransport
    Why are American roads so dangerous?

    Bad driving is probably playing a bigger role in the fatality rate than larger cars and longer journeys

    Montage image showing a pick-up truck and a signpost with an exclamation mark
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Data PointsPrivate wealth
    Forget boomers vs millennials, the next conflict is millennials vs each other

    Growing wealth inequality between thirtysomethings could soon displace tensions between young and old

    Montage image showing two people and a house, with a chart line cutting through the middle
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Thames Water hits the gutter

    The utility’s owners are to begin urgent restructuring talks

  • Friday, 29 March, 2024
    Data PointsDemographics and population
    Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates

    Direct financial incentives are defeated by much stronger social trends

    Montage image of a pushchair and two chart lines
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Data PointsGlobal Economy
    It’s no longer the economy, stupid

    America’s hyper-partisan voters express economic sentiments that mirror their politics — this is not true in Europe

  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
    American politics is undergoing a racial realignment

    Democrats are rapidly losing non-white voters as the forces that ensured their support weaken

    A composite image of the Democrat logo and a chart detail
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Data PointsProperty sector
    What Texas can teach San Francisco and London about building houses

    It’s not a housing crisis — it’s a planning crisis

    Montage image of a house with a flag and chart lines
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Data PointsPolitics
    Progressives beware: high turnout now favours the right

    A key electoral headwind has changed direction in recent years

    Montage of images of Donald Trump and Joe Biden with blue and red graph lines behind them
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Data PointsConservative party UK
    Why are young people deserting conservatism in Britain but nowhere else?

    Shocks thought to be worldwide have hit Britain’s young adults harder than most

    Montage of images of Rishi Sunak and Donald Trump with blue and red graph lines running behind them
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
    Could Taylor Swift really hand Biden victory over Trump?

    The pop superstar has a huge following, but the data suggests her impact could go either way

    Montage image of Trump, Swift and Biden on top of some polling graphs
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    Political Fix podcast37 min listen
    Who still votes Conservative?

    Gender, age, religion: the new faultlines in how the UK votes

  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Data PointsGender politics
    A new global gender divide is emerging

    Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching

  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
    Data PointsResidential property
    The housing crisis is still being underplayed

    Young adults are being robbed of the milestones that marked the lives of previous generations

    FT montage of a house with rising and falling affordability indicators over it
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    Data PointsInnovation
    Is the west talking itself into decline?

    The data suggests that we have shifted away from a culture of progress towards one of worry

    Montage image of books and a line graph
  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    Data PointsFootball
    Football’s broadcast revenue boom is over — what happens now?

    A squeeze on revenues stands to benefit the Premier League, but at a cost to competitions elsewhere in Europe

    A Premier League trophy with a red graph line zigzagging upwards
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Data PointsConservative party UK
    The great immigration miscalculation

    An all-out assault on overseas arrivals is not the vote-winner it once was

    Pierre Poilievre, Rishi Sunak
  • Friday, 8 December, 2023
    US inequality
    Does the American dream foster inequality?

    New research shows US citizens are alone among wealthy western nations in being largely unmoved by income disparities

    Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office of the White House
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    US economy
    Should we believe Americans when they say the economy is bad?

    In an increasingly polarised and performative society, vibes are now often trumping objective reality

    A hand holding dollar bills with two chart line - one red and one blue - passing in the background
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