Oil embargo affected the US in a few ways. The main way the US was affected by OPEC.
The US is vulnerable to OPEC because of the oil import. There is about 40% oil in OPEC countries.
According to AESC the US is the biggest OPEC customer.
Oil prices in the U.S. increased, and there was high inflation
OPEC influences the price and availability of oil and gas.
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As per the Bahrain Economic Report Quarter ending Dec 2015 the US presidential election in November was followed by a Fed rate increase and seems to have pushed up rate expectations more generally thanks to increased optimism about US growth prospects. At the same time, an agreement by OPEC and leading non-OPEC producers to cut output has triggered a rally in oil prices
All Arab nations that export oil are members of OPEC. When the US supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War (as to offset USSR's supplies to the Arab states) OPEC declared an oil embargo on the US..
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the US supported Israel in a regional conflict
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The United States typically buy's their oil from OPEC. OPEC is the company that handles the price, and sale of Oil for middle eastern countries.