It generally shows the way we are going (7,5)

'it generally shows' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'way we are going' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'way' could be 'trend' (trend is a kind of way) and 'trend' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'current' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?