People's Bank of China left its MLF rate unchanged - recap

The news earlier was a disappointment from the PBoC, which was expected to cut its MLF rate today to 2.4%. It did not:

• People's Bank of China set MLF rate at 2.5% (prior 2.5%)

Via Reuters is a bit of a recap:

• China's central bank boosted liquidity injections, added in 995 billion yuan vs. 779 billion yuan worth of MLF loans set to expire this month, a net 216 billion yuan fresh fund injection into the banking system
• but surprised markets by leaving the interest rate unchanged at 2.5% when rolling over maturing medium-term policy loans
• Many analysts, not all, had expected the central bank to cut the MLF rate to help shore up the weak economy

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Yuan has chopped around and is not a lot net changed: