The Financial System, the Direct Foreign Investments and the Economic Growth

This paper aims to synthesize the debates concerning the development of the financial systems and the direct foreign investments in promoting the economic growth. The present work wants establish a connection between the development of the financial systems and the economic growth. Recent studies have marked out the correlation between the financial system, the catalyst factor, and the economic growth. The actual stage of the financial system from Romania, as well as the connection with the banking system and the financial institutions are also taken into account. The most recent structural changes of the financial system from Romania after the adhesion to the European Union, as well as the evolution of the direct foreign investments are also presented.