Recent reports show the U.S. economy is on a solid recovery path, but real-time indicators suggest the magnitude of the consumer-led rebound could be even more dramatic.

Sectors that have lagged in the covid-19 pandemic shutdowns – including airlines, hotels and even movie theaters – are showing a strong improvement as vaccinations accelerate.

The March employment report showed 916,000 jobs were added, the most in seven months, and Institute for Supply Management reported factory activity expanded at the fastest pace since 1983. But the official data may be understating these gains.

“High frequency alternative data have been rising sharply for about the last month, and they foreshadowed the strong readings that we have since gotten,” said Jesse Edgerton, a JPMorgan Chase & Co economist. “The alternative data already point to another strong job gain for April.”

Here are five indicators that show the pace of recovery may be better than previously thought:

Airline traffic: Passengers traveling through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints topped 1.58 million on April 2, a pandemic high. Daily traffic has exceeded 1.5 million for three consecutive weeks after running under 1 million for nearly all of covid-19.

Leisure traffic is also picking up. Delta Air Lines Inc. will resume selling middle seats on May 1, and American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. say their planes are now 80% full.

“People are really looking to get their life back,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said March 15.

Restaurant reservations: Restaurant reservations are still down around 20% from 2019 levels – but that’s a big improvement from when they were down 40% earlier this year. Top-performing states the past two weeks include tourist hot spots like Florida, South Carolina and Utah.

“Industry trends began to improve sequentially in late February and early March, which was followed by a more material step up beginning mid-March,” said Brian Vaccaro, senior restaurant analyst with Raymond James & Associates.

Hotels: Like airlines, hotel occupancy is on the upswing as consumers get more comfortable traveling. Hotel occupancy in mid-March jumped to the highest level in a year and has remained near that level into early April, according to STR, a lodging data tracker. The average daily rate of $112.76 in the latest week was the highest in a year, STR said.

Courtesy Bloomberg & the N&O