WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. private payrolls rose more than expected in September, when COVID-19-related infections began subsiding. Americans can now travel and eat in restaurants, and reengage themselves in high-contact activities.

According to the ADP National Employment Report, private payrolls grew by 568,000 last month. September data were revised downward to show that 340,000 new jobs were added, instead of originally reporting 374,000. Reuters polled economists to forecast that private payrolls will rise by 428,000 jobs.

Moody’s Analytics (NYSE:) Analytics jointly created the ADP report. It was released before Friday’s Labor Department’s comprehensive, closely monitored employment report.

Although it pointed out the slowdown of job growth in August it has an inept record of predicting the number of private payrolls reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its employment report.

Daniel Silver, an economist from JPMorgan (NYSE) in New York said that while the ADP employment report does not provide a reliable indicator of related BLS data, “We remain to believe that it is not a reliable prediction of those employment data.” The ADP July data data revealed a 330,000 increase in private employment, while the BLS data indicated a 750,000 rise.

Bank of America Securities (NYSE:) Securities has concluded that data analysis shows workers returning to their jobs is continuing. They also see an increase in air travel and eating out. Credit and debit card data revealed a sharp increase in new purchases. However, refunds declined. These are “signs that people have reengaged in leisure activities,” which is also correlated with the decrease in COVID cases.

September’s labor market indicators showed mixed results. The Conference Board conducted a survey last week to gauge consumer perceptions of the current state of the labor market.

In mid-September, the number of state unemployment rolls declined relative to mid August.

After contracting in August, the Institute for Supply Management reported that manufacturing employment saw a rebound last month. However, the ISM gauge of employment in services declined. Businesses reported that they experienced “labor shortages” at all levels.

Paychex/IHS Markit released Monday’s employment watch showing that the index for small businesses rose in September, reaching its highest level since mid-2018. The rate of change has been slower in the last two months.

A Reuters survey of economists found that private payrolls increased by 450,000 jobs in September, after increasing 243,000 in August. The government’s employment is expected to increase by approximately 23,000 which would result in overall payrolls increasing by 473,000.

August’s employment report showed that 235,000 people were employed in the economy, the most in just seven months. The Federal Reserve will need to see September’s unemployment report after it signaled last month, that its central bank would begin cutting monthly bond purchases in November.