Chief executives and leaders across consumer sectors say they have "given up on forecasting and planning long-term strategies" amid fluctuating currencies, unclear decisions on free trade agreements, geopolitical uncertainties and supply disruptions. "High levels of volatility in terms of commodity prices, dollar movement, tariff barriers, supply chain disruptions-all these are moving parts. And when you have all these moving parts coming together, it creates a fair amount of uncertainty for anybody to take a firm view on the long term," said Mukundan Menon, MD, Voltas.