As far as votes of confidence go, Julia landing successfully at any of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks is a strong one. They all do a whole mess of complex modeling. The NY Fed in particular is a &quot;first among equals&quot; in the Federal Reserve system, so it&#x27;s always good to be there.<p>That said, I have no idea if this will be that influential on economists changing their tools, or the tools that they teach to their students. People tend to stick with tools that they know and like. But it&#x27;s very possible that this will help Julia in the eyes of people getting into the field choosing their first programming language.